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*''Born: ??''

*''Born: ??''

*''Died: c. 1891, Fukien Province, China''

*''Died: [[1891]], Fukien Province, China''

*''Other Names:'' [[向]]徳宏 ''(J: Shô Tokukô; C: Xiang Dehong)''

*''Other Names:'' [[向]]徳宏 ''(J: Shô Tokukô; C: Xiang Dehong)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 幸地親方朝常 ''(Kouchi ueekata Choujou)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 幸地親方朝常 ''(Kouchi ueekata Choujou)''

The idea of installing Kôchi Chôjô as king of Ryûkyû was formally suggested by the Chinese representatives in the official Sino-Japanese negotiations on the matter on 1880/8/15, but was ultimately rejected<ref>Kerr. p390.</ref>.

The idea of installing Kôchi Chôjô as king of Ryûkyû was formally suggested by the Chinese representatives in the official Sino-Japanese negotiations on the matter on 1880/8/15, but was ultimately rejected<ref>Kerr. p390.</ref>.

Kôchi Chôjô died in Fukien Province<ref name=jinmei/>. His son brought his Buddhist memorial votive tablet with him when he emigrated to Hawaii. The tablet for Kôchi Chôjô, along with those for other members of his family, is held today by a [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple on the island of Maui. This tablet is among the only records to have been found from which the date of his death can be known.

Kôchi Chôjô died in Fukien Province<ref name=jinmei/>. His son brought his Buddhist memorial votive tablet　(''[[tootoomee]]''<!--トートーメー-->) with him when he emigrated to Hawaii. This tablet was later discovered by Roy Yonahara on the island of Maui, who donated it to the Maui Okinawa Center, which put it on display for a time before giving it to the Paia [[Rinzai]] [[Zen]] temple; the tablet, one of the only known extant records of the date of his death, was returned to Okinawa in June 2013 to be placed at Kôchi ''ueekata's'' grave.<ref>''Ukwanshin News'', Ukwanshin Kabudan, May/June 2013.</ref>

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